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| HRAAP welcomes the efforts of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the release of the Egyptian detainees in Guantanamo, in the event of releasing them, to choose the country they wish to go without obligation to deliver them to the Egyptian authorities, and requests the US authorities to allow their lawyers to visit them and make sure of practicing their legal and human rights |
HRAAP welcomes the declarations of Mr. Ahmed Abul Ghait, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the release of the five Egyptian detainees in Guantanamo “Sherif Al Mashad, Ayman Matrafy, Fadel Reda Al Walily, Adel Fathy Al Gazzar and Ahmed Habib” to and asserting that our embassy in Washington has submitted a request to US Foreign Affairs Department to extradite those detainees to Egypt and now the Egyptian embassy is waiting for the reply. It is worth mentioning that HRAAP filed two cases against the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Embassy in Cairo as a representative of the American government in the name of two of the detainees “Adel Fattouh Al Gazzar and Sheriff Fathy Al Mashad” to unveil their destiny after they have been detained since 2001 in Guantanamo either inflicting certain accusations against them or releasing them and making the necessary guarantees available to have a fair trial in addition to allowing their lawyers to meet with them. The two cases were registered under files No. 31221/58 and 30728/58. The cases will be considered in session of November 30, 2004 in the administrative judiciary court. HRAAP was obliged to file these two cases after the disregard of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Embassy in Cairo replying to the grievances and demands sent by HRAAP to them to unveil the their destiny. In this regard, HRAAP shows appreciation to these procedures taken recently by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that were mentioned in the declarations o the Minister of Foreign Affairs especially visiting and checking on them by the Egyptian party twice. However, HRAAP regards worriedly to the subject of the request submitted to the American authorities concerning delivering those detainees to Egypt and that what HRAAP considers contradicted with their rights to choose the country they wish as long as the release is a result of finding them not guilty of any certain accusations and this is the most likely especially after the Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that the American authorities has placed those detainees in the second group, which is a less dangerous group. HRAAP is surprised at the persistence of the American negligence to replying these demands submitted by the association and the detainees families especially regarding allowing their lawyers to visit them and check on their health conditions under the assurances of the Egyptian authorities to categorize them as a less dangerous group than other detainees. It is worth mentioning that HRAAP submitted many requests to the American authorities at the hand of the American Ambassador in Cairo where the last one was in July of the current year to unveil their destiny and allowing HRAAP’s lawyers to visit them, however all these requests were disregarded and that is what aroused doubts around these detainees destiny and that is what urged HRAAP to file cases against American authorities as we have mentioned before. So, HRAAP appeals to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to go on in their efforts with the American authorities to release those detainees and guarantee their rights to choose the country they wish to go or inflicting certain accusations and making the necessary guarantees available to have a fair trial in addition to allowing their lawyers to meet with them. Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners |
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